Bashar al-Assad, condamnat la moarte în lipsă. Fostul lider sirian trăiește în Rusia după fuga de la Damasc din 2024 - WOWbiz.ro

Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian president, has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Syrian court for crimes against humanity. His brother, Maher al-Assad, and Atef Najib, a relative involved in the regime's crackdown on protests, also received death sentences. Assad fled Syria in December 2024 to Russia after his regime collapsed. The court proceedings occurred without the defendants present, and the verdict highlights the ongoing accountability efforts for the atrocities committed during the Syrian civil war, which has resulted in approximately 500,000 deaths. Najib, unlike the Assad brothers, was present in court during the sentencing.